A 6-week institute has been designed to provide participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to strengthen history education and to transmit their knowledge to beginning and experienced teachers. Under the planning and direction of an advisory committee (composed of members of the American Historical Association), six interdisciplinary…

This booklet is one of a series devoted to changes in major curricular areas in the school systems of Kentucky. Included are twenty-one articles written by administrative and teaching personnel who are involved in mathematics programs of an experimental or innovative nature. The articles describe programs dealing with modern mathematics, computer…

This report focuses on the open laboratory procedures used in the freshman biology course at Hamline University. The study aimed to review a number of specific methods used in conducting the unstructured and unscheduled laboratory procedures and discover the most effective arrangement using those procedures. The report includes detailed…

These materials are a part of a series of studies sponsored by the Cambridge Conference on School Mathematics which reflects the ideas of CCSM regarding the goals and objectives for school mathematics K-12. Feasibility Studies 9-13 contain a wide range of topics. The following are the titles and brief descriptions of these studies. Number…

As an expansion and extension of the impact of three training institutes for curriculum personnel development, specific developmental and dissemination activities were carried out, including: (1) a booklet publication of "mini-presentations" of speeches made at the original institutes (see CE 001 403); (2) preparation of an abbreviated "Vocational…

The great area of current neglect in most college and university long-range planning activities is that of academic planning. Academic planning is the primary task of any comprehensive long-range planning in a college or university. Only when academic plans and support plans become an institutional plan can the process of implementation and the…

Research was conducted to develop and evaluate study materials that would help prospective drill sergeant candidates prepare for drill sergeant school. A study manual containing relevant readings, study objectives, and self-tests was prepared. Diagnostic exams were developed and used to evaluate the achievement of a class of drill sergeant…

This monograph presents an overview of the Individually Guided Education (IGE) concept, indicates procedures used to develop courses at the University of Wisconsin, and provides a description of the graduate courses. In the overview, IGE is defined as a comprehensive system to produce higher education achievements through providing for differences…

A brief description of the Coursewriter II preprocessor is provided. This preprocessor, a program written in FORTRAN IV on the CDC 6600 computer, is designed to reduce the repetition of effort that takes place from the time of the author's conception of a course to the time of its availability for on-line student instruction. The programer deals…

This report includes presentations of various speakers at the second of four conferences entitled "Curriculum Change in Black Colleges." Presentations in Part I concern the black college as a manpower resource delivery system; innovation in undergraduate education; general education and full educational equality; institutional research: a basis…

Guidelines for the operation and general structure of the middle school are set down. A general outline for school personnel is detailed, including staff such as homeroom teachers, paraprofessional school aides, administrative personnel, and grade mentors. Other aspects of the middle school discussed are curriculum planning, teacher training,…

The first objective of the study, conducted with 150 three-, four-, and five-year-olds, was to ascertain whether young children assign occupational and social roles by sex. The results obtained through the use of two newly devised instruments were positive. Children do assign social and occupational roles by sex. The second objective was to…

This report was prepared to aid New College in evaluating student attitudes toward the Fall 1970 "First Course," an introductory freshman course. The following findings were based upon the results of a questionnaire completed by 60 students present at the final examination of the course: (1) With the exception of main lectures, all other listed…

"This Fragile Earth" is the theme portrayed in this newsletter from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Since we are being faced with the problem of survival because of the deterioration of the environment, it is suggested that the fragile quality of the environment can serve as a means of impressing upon young people their…

A workbook for use by teachers in adult basic education classes concerned with personal growth, this text covers five areas. These areas are: Money Management, World of Work, Citizenship and Government, Health Education, and Family Life. Each area is presented as to the course objectives, and units of instruction are given. It is suggested that…